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The Lone Tree
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Maintenance
of Lone Tree Maintenance
cleaned the water
on April 24, and will
,e flushing the water hydrants
hrough May 22. This may cause
0me rust to appear in the water.
iehols Website
[he City of Nichols has a new
[JRL. The new address is
snews.com
City Farmerettes
['he City Farmerettes will meet
Vlay 3" at East Side Village for
heir regular meeting. Ester
-urtis and Marilynn Stuart are
he Committee members.
[rairiemasters 4-H
['he Prairiemasters 4-H Club
#ill conduct their annual high-
Vay clean-up on Sunday, May 6
It 5:30 p.m. Participants are
tSked to meet at the Community
]uilding. Parental volunteers
re requested. Pizza and pop
lilt be served prior to the regu-
r meeting a[ 6"30. Fruit sale
mney is to be turned in at that
me. For questions call Julie
!uline at 629-5213.
oys BB car wash
,'he Lone Tree boys basketball
:at wash has been rescheduled
br Saturday, May 19, from 10
t.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $3 per
tehicle. Proceeds will help defer
he cost of going to team camp
his summer. The car washwill
ake place in the High Schoor
)arkmg lot.
l'ieket takers needed
ny group or organization
anting to earn funds there are
Penings for ticket takers for all
!eVels of summer baseball and
!Oftball. If interested, contact
l!orn Squiers at 629-4535.
i ity'wide Garage Sales
!
;!}Y'wide. garage sales will be
ie Id on Saturday, May 12 from
i a'rn. - 2 p.m. There is a $5 tee
' COver advertising expenses.
PerSons wishing to be included
a. the map should send $5 along
IW lth their garage sale address
I. nd a list of items to be adver-
IllSed to: Theresa Schmidt, PO
x 535 Lone Tree IA 52755.
OPS Weekly Meeting
e local chapter of Take Off
Unds Sensibly (TOPS) #618
%ts at 6 p.m. every Thursday
ot he United Presbyterian
"-ntlreh in Lone Tree.
• g Festival celebrated
by Don Way
Warm sunshine, clear blue sky
and a brisk wind out of the south-
west welcomed the celebrants
attending the fourth annual edition
of "Spring Festival" Saturday,
April 21, at Walker Park in River
Junction.
The festival, sponsored by the
Old Settler s Association, began at
11 a.m. with the arrival of a group
of costumed characters who were
chauffeured to the scene aboard
the Lone Tree fire truck. As the
characters debarked the vehicle,
they were immediately surround-
ed by a crowd of smile-adorned
youngsters. Throughout the
remainder of the festival, the char-
acters greeted the children with
candy, stick-on badges, hand-
shakes and high-fives.
A few moments after the fire
truck arrived, Gerald the
Ringmaster (a.k.a. Jerry Morgan)
called the pre-schoolers to the first
of four "Treasure Egg Hunts,"
segregated (for safety reasons)
into groups for toddlers, kinder-
garten students, first grade stu-
dents, and second/third grade stu-
dents.
"We hid between i1200 and
1,300 eggs," Ardath Johnson,
appearing as Old Mother
Hubbard, said, "and there is a
prize in each of them."
Members of the Old Settlers
Association had gathered at the
home of Jerry and Joan Morgan
earlier in the week to place the
prizes inside the eggs.
"We had the eggs done in half
an hour," Connie Waltz-Zdrazil,
association member and resident
of River Junction, said. "They [the
association members] have more
energy than any group of people
I've ever seen."
Although the egg hunts took
place at 15 minute intervals, they
were very much alike -- excited
children, armed with recycled
Easter baskets or plastic bags, ran
about their assigned areas picking
up the multi-colored eggs that lie
"hidden" in the grass.
The post-hunt routines were
also quite similar. The kids. or
their parents, eagerly opened the
plastic eggs to discover what
treasure awaited them inside.
The prizes they found ranged
from candy and tickets for stuffed
animals or horseback rides to free
dinners at the Old Country BullEt
in Iowa City and free passes to
play in "Moon Walk," a large
plastic-enclosed play area with an
air-filled cushion on which the
kids could jump, bounce or fall
without the risk of injury. All of
the children seemed quite pleased
with the rewards they received for
their efforts.
Once the "Treasure Hunts"
were completed, the youngsters
dispersed in all directions to play
games (eg toss, fishing for pin-
wheels, and ring toss), ride the
horses, ride on the fire truck,
dance around the Maypole, com-
pete in contests (egg roll and egg
Junior and Community
Senior Feed in
Ainsworth
Parents
Junior and Senior Parents!
This is prom week! How can you
help'? Thursday, April 26 at 6:30
p.m. there will be a Post Prom
meeting in Mrs. Nicola's room
(Home Ec room) at the school.
On Friday. April 27, Post Prom
set-up will be starting at 6 p.m. in
the Old Gym. On Saturday, Prom
dinner preparations for all Junior
parents will begin when the
Legion opens at 8:30 a.m., so
come and see where you can help
out! During Post Prom, Junior
and Senior parents are asked to
come to the Old Gym and help
out.
A "Community Feed" will be
held Friday, April 27 and
Saturday, April 28 from 1-7:30
p.m. both days at the Ainsworth
Opera House.
There will be displays of over
500 feed sacks, quilts, aprons and
clothes, all made of feed sacks• A
buffet meal will be served from
5-7:30 p.m. with a free will ofl'er-
ing asked.
The Ainsworth Opera House
is located at 284 Railroad Street
in Ainsworth, Iowa. The organiz-
ers of the event ask that all per-
sons coming to the Community
Feed watch for detour signs to
Ainsworth.
Zachariah's Weather
. , Week of April 15, 2001
€::" - Friday was the warmest day with a high of
0077:
• , . : } F. Monday was the coolest day with a
:zr ': ,i>l "4:"
at
.N:y } high of 37 ° E Lows have ranged from 28 ° F
" ..... "- to 62 ° E This week's precipitation amount
was 0.25 inches.
arday at River Junction
coloring), have their faces or nails
painted, play in the "Moon Walk,"
or enjoy lunch.
"'I want to ride on the fire
truck," said young Curtis
O'Rourke of North Liberty. "I did
last year." [Curtis assured the
author that he, too, could ride on
the fire truck, but doubted that the
author would receive permission
See Spring Fest page 6
I Above: Kids dance around the Spring Festival Maypole.
Below: Zane Lubaroff couldn't resist this little lamb.
Walker Park and Neuzil's April
Memorial Building Listening Posts
considered for Johnson County Supervisor
Historic Registry
The Johnson County Historic
Preservation Commission will
hold a Public Hearing on May 3
at 5 p.m. in the Boardroom on
the second floor of the Johnson
County Administration at 913
South Dubuque Street. Iowa
City, Iowa. This hearing is to
consider the placement of
Walker Park and Memorial
Building on the National
Register of Historic Places.
The park and building are
located at 6078 Otter Creek Rd
SE, Lone Tree, Iowa 52755.
(Also known as River Junction.)
The public is invited to com-
ment.
Terrence Neuzil announced that
he will be holding listening posts
on Fridays in April beginning at
11:30 a.m.
The "Hawkeye Friday"
Listening posts provide residents
an opportunity to discuss issues
and have lunch with Supervisor
Neuzil as well as learn what has
happened throughout the week in
Johnson County government.
The Listening Posts are
scheduled for April 27 in the
Iowa City/Johnson County
Senior Center's dining area.
"Hawkeye Fridays are just
one way people will be able to
learn more about what county
government does," Neuzil said,
"and for me to listen to concerns
and ideas from our residents."
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